A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has sentenced popular Kano TikToker, Murja Kunya, to six months imprisonment for Naira abuse.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kano Directorate, on Wednesday secured the conviction and sentencing of the social media influencer before Justice Simone Amobeda of the Kano Federal High Court.
Kunya was arrested for allegedly spraying Naira notes during her stay in a hotel room at Tahir Guest Palace in Kano.
She was initially arrested in January 2025 for violating the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, which prohibits the abuse and mutilation of the Naira.
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The TikToker was granted administrative bail by the Commission pending her arraignment before the Federal High Court in Kano.
However, when it was time for her court appearance, she absconded in her bid to evade the legal process.
After weeks of intensive investigation and surveillance, EFCC operatives successfully re-arrested Murja Kunya on Sunday, March 16, 2025.
She was subsequently arraigned on May 20, 2025, where she pleaded guilty to the amended one-count charge.
In February, two TikTokers in Kano State were sentenced to one year in prison or a fine of N100,000 each for posting videos deemed vulgar and offensive to religious and moral values.
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A magistrates’ court in Kano, located at No. 47 in Norman’s Land, Fagge Local Government Area, ruled in the hearing.
TikTokers, Ahmad Isa and Maryam Musa, both residents of Ladainai in Hotoro Quarters, were arrested by the Kano State Censorship Board and subsequently arraigned before the court.
The prosecution, led by state counsel Barr. Garzali Maigari Bichi, charged them with criminal conspiracy and the distribution of illicit content on social media. Both defendants pleaded guilty.
Presiding over the case, Justice Hadiza Muhammad Hassan handed down the sentence and urged the convicts to uphold good conduct.
